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Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:46 pm
by hot66
red964 wrote:So..
An old boy kept a rare car safe for 20+ years, a car which could so easily have been lost.
Then the prize was liberated with 'oscar winning performances' and not checking the secret
Number tO arouse suspicion till it was squirrelled away on the trailer home.
Maybe its just me but..
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tit
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:48 pm
by Bootsy
hot66 wrote:red964 wrote:So..
An old boy kept a rare car safe for 20+ years, a car which could so easily have been lost.
Then the prize was liberated with 'oscar winning performances' and not checking the secret
Number tO arouse suspicion till it was squirrelled away on the trailer home.
Maybe its just me but..
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tit
Ditto, I just reminded myself of some of his previous rants. Don't know why he bothers coming on here, wish he didn't
Anyway, apologies for tainting one of the best threads ever
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 7:56 pm
by murph2309
Forget him, not even worth talking about. Only thing worse than people saying bad things about him is people saying nothing at all.
Frankly, the shizzle ain't exciting.
This however is. I suppose you either get it or you don't.
James put it more eloquently than me though.
R
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:18 pm
by 74rsman
Hey
Sorry
guys i was only quoting what the rest of you had written - in jest?
-Though clearly its alright for you to write it..
Sheesh
I think my unsubscribe was a bit strong and i was missing a smiley or two..
Im glad they found a rare car
tit with dull shizzle
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:26 pm
by dragonfly
red964 wrote:
guys i was only quoting what the rest of you had written
No, you weren't.
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:48 pm
by 210bhp
I have been off air this weekend, sorry. I had a family get together to further discuss plans for my daughters wedding in July ( which is the reason I will miss CLM this year). I now realise it will be far cheaper and less complicated to restore this car instead.
Brendan has had a busy weekend too I think.
Thanks for all your suggestions and contact possibilities. There have been further emails,pm's and phone calls which we will follow up with a little more time after tomorrow.
More on this story this week.............
Regards
Mike
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:04 pm
by mycar
red964 wrote:Sorry - misjudged mood of thread
Have you considered buying a Ford.
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http://mkigaz.hyperboards.com/
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:10 pm
by mycar
davep wrote:
What they have found is a factory prototype LWB. The 32001x series was a set of bodies produced to evaluate the long wheel base to be used from 1969 onwards. Later the surviving bodies were renumbered with proper 1969 VIN's. So far three such cars are known to have been renumbered, and two are in known hands. 320010 became 911S 119300001, 320011 became 911S 119300002, 320012 became 911E 119200001. It is suspected that 320013 was also made. 320012 was apparently LHD originally, but when the factory disposed of it, the customer asked for a RHD conversion. It went through several notable hands in short order.
Evening David, four or five years ago Maxted Page advertised an Albert Blue 2.0 litre S , UHH 53G. Originally owned by an Austrian Prince and tagged `The Baron` it was the 1999 and 2000 PCGB concourse winner and..... although billed as a 1968 car, it was a LWB and had MFI engine. I presume it was very close to the cross over. Mike and I have spoken about this car and I wondered if you had any further information in your remarkable data base ?
Here she is...
Regards Mike.
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:19 pm
by alfacat
Hi Mike
Well, as you say Barcelona is lovely, what have I missed
All the best
Ian F.
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:36 pm
by 210bhp
alfacat wrote:Hi Mike
Well, as you say Barcelona is lovely, what have I missed
All the best
Ian F.
Hi Ian
Not a lot, 13 pages
Regards
Mike
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:57 pm
by bjmullan
For those of you who are wondering why the story has slowed down/stopped it's because we are now real time, so now more F5
We did learn some more about the car over the last couple of days and I'm sure that will come out via the story teller at some stage. What I can tell you is the car now has a name thanks to JohnM. And when you think about it, it can only have one name.
Female, the first and it's an E ...... Eve
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:13 pm
by 210bhp
Oh, and I will try and get the pictures back up next week too.
Regards
Mike
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:51 pm
by Mike
Eve, great name, looking forward to new pictures!
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:54 am
by davep
mycar wrote:Evening David, four or five years ago Maxted Page advertised an Albert Blue 2.0 litre S , UHH 53G. Originally owned by an Austrian Prince and tagged `The Baron` it was the 1999 and 2000 PCGB concourse winner and..... although billed as a 1968 car, it was a LWB and had MFI engine. I presume it was very close to the cross over. Mike and I have spoken about this car and I wondered if you had any further information in your remarkable data base ?
Mike, I really know nothing about this car. I`d say that it was a 1968 calendar year & 1969 model year car. Without a VIN I cannot say more. All too often a year is stated that is obviously incorrect when the VIN is checked; 1965 to 1966 transition excepted, there it is a lot trickier. If the whereabouts of the car is known, then it can be tracked down and identified; or perhaps someone can contact Maxted Page.
Re: Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:15 am
by johnM
bjmullan wrote:
Female, the first and it's an E ...... Eve
That's where I was coming from. Great name and looking forward to the next update. Kind regards.